shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_04-07

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BHOJANA RASA VIBHAGA SANDHI

 

  kapila narahari bhARgavatraya

vapuSha nEtradi nAsikAsyadi

shapharanAmaka jivheyali daMtadali haMsAkhya

tripadipAdya hayAsya vAchyado

Laparimita sukhapuRNa saMtata

kR^ipaNaroLagiddavaravara rasa svIkarisi koDuva……… HKAS_04-07

 

kapila = kapila nAmaka ParamAtma

narahari = narasiMha ParamAtma

bhARgava = ParashurAma dEvaru              

traya = the above three

vapuSha = from toe to head in the sthUla dEha

nEtradi = in the two eyes

nAsika = in the nose

Asyadi = in the face

shapharanAmaka = matsya rUpi ParamAtma

jivheyali = in the tongue

daMtadali = in teeth

haMsAkhya = haMsa rUpi ParamAtma

tripadipAdya = tri-pAda gAyatri maMtra

hayAsya = hayagrIva dEvaru (haya = horse, Asya = face)

vAchyadoLu = in words

aparimita = infinite

sukhapuRNa = blissful ParamAtma

saMtata = always

kR^ipaNaroLagiddu = in our dEha (another meaning = an hungry person)

avaravara = those respective bhOjya rasa-s

rasa = rasa

svIkarisi = accepts

koDuva = via His biMba kriya and provides satisfaction to the jIva

 

In this stanza, JagannAtha dAsa explains how the process of eating food is like a yaj~na and how it is connected to various iMdriya-a and their respective bhagavadrUpa-s.

 

kapila ParamAtma pervading in our two eyes, sees the food we eat and gives the satisfaction to the eyes to have seen the same.

 

narasiMha ParamAtma pervading in our nose, smells the food we are about to eat and gives the satisfaction to the nose about the aroma of the food.

 

parashurAma ParamAtma pervading in our mouth, accepts the food and satisfies us.

 

matsya ParamAtma pervading in our tongue, tastes the food we eat and provides satisfaction to the jIva.

 

haMsa ParamAtma pervading in our teeth, chews the food we eat and makes the rasa-s available for the tongue and helps us to swallow the same.

 

gAyatri maMtra is referred here as the tripAdi maMtra. HayagrIva ParamAtma pervading in words makes us speak.

 

Infinitely blissful ParamAtma, pervades in our face in various iMdriya-s in aMtaRyAmi rUpa-s and performs various tasks but He remains unaffected by the results of those tasks. Although He remains in the substratum of our sharIra in His aMtaRyAmi rUpa, He is entirely different from them by possessing infinite virtuous qualities and remaining a mass of unending knowledge and limitless happiness.

 

He pervades in our dEha and absorbs the respective rasa-s from the food we eat and satisfies the jIva-s.

 

shri saMkaRShNa oDeyar explains “kR^ipaNa” as dEha as well as dEvata-s (niShkiMchanaru). In the process of eating, when considered as a ‘mahAsuyaj~na’, ParamAtma segregates the rasa-s and provides ‘upachaya’ - nutrition and growth to the dEha and ‘AtmapradaRshana’ to the tatvadEvata-s. Thus both meanings are applicable. A hungry person is also called ‘kR^ipaNa’.

 

Many commentators write about the ‘puruSha’ as having eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue and skin and explain their tasks in this context, whereas, shri saMkaRShNa oDeyar clarifies that ParamAtma pervades from toe to head in the sthUla dEha and performs the various tasks of the process of eating. Kapila ParamAtma pervades in khaMDa rUpa in the eyes but pervades as akhaMDa rUpa in the entire sharIra.

 

The table below summarizes the above discussion:-

 

iMdriya bhagavadrUpa    bhagavadvyApAra

Two eyes        kapila  Sight of food

Nose    narasiMha       Aroma of food

Mouth   parashurAma     Accepts the food

Tongue  matsya  Tastes of food

Teeth   haMsa   Grinds food & makes rasa available for tongue

Speech  hayagrIva       Speak

 

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